<p>LINYMOM, you brought to mind a question regarding text books. Last semester, my son at UMich, rented his textbooks (I forgot where but can ask him, pretty sure it was online). I turned out to be a great deal, the books were in good condition, cheap and at the end of the semester he just returned them. Do you know of anything like that at UDel?</p>
<p>In general, there used to be a time when I felt students should get new textbooks so as to mark them up without being influenced by the former owner. But a lot of times that’s just not necessary. You can get hardly used textbooks or now rent them and/or the professors give out many handouts. I’ve also read about downloading textbooks (Barnes & Noble has a downloadable laptop app for it <a href=“http://barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy/college/index.asp[/url]”>http://barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy/college/index.asp</a>).</p>
<p>There are so many options these days that buying textbooks from either the college or in town bookstore seems a much less attractive idea. I wonder whether a Kindle or Nook might be a sound investment.</p>